INESC TEC

About

INESC TEC is a private non-profit research association, with Public Interest status, dedicated to scientific research and technological development, technology transfer, advanced consulting and training, and pre-incubation of new technology-based companies.

As an institution operating at the interface of the academic and business worlds, bringing closer together academia, companies, public administration, and society, INESC TEC typically applies the knowledge and results generated as part of its research in technology transfer projects, seeking value creation and immediate social relevance.

The 13 R&D Centres of INESC TEC are structured in four thematic domains - Computer Science, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Networked Intelligent Systems, and Power and Energy.

INESC TEC hosts over 700 integrated researchers (about 350 PhDs), including staff researchers, researchers from Higher Education Institutions, grant holders and affiliated researchers. INESC TEC’s team also includes trainees, and technical and administrative support staff.

Mission

The mission of INESC TEC is to achieve advancement in science and technology and to enable science-based innovation through the transfer of new knowledge and technologies to industry, services and public administration.

Vision

INESC TEC vision is to be a leading Science and Technology Institution at international level, perceived as an important world player, in the domains of Computer Science, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Networked Intelligent Systems, and Power and Energy.

Values

Innovation excellence, People-centered, Research freedom, Cooperation, Social responsibility.

INESC TEC’s strategy is driven by a conceptual vision that encompasses the following axes:

• Excellence in science, talent development, technology transfer and collaboration with industry
• Full coverage of the knowledge-to-value chain
• Multidisciplinarity
• Scale, density, critical mass and integration
• International visibility and presence

INESC TEC’s management and operational model implements the concept of the knowledge-to-value production chain, leading the research activity from knowledge generation to its valorisation through a mix of technology transfer processes, from the pure transfer of technology to collaborative development, advanced consulting and training, until the possible creation of spin-offs.

Participation in other entities

In order to promote knowledge and competence sharing, INESC TEC is currently a full member of more than fifty Associations, at national and international levels. In addition to the regular engagement in their activities, INESC TEC also actively participates in several Boards, Committees, and Working Groups, thus enhancing the gathering and sharing of knowledge with other leading experts in its fields of activity.

Furthermore, INESC TEC supports the launch of technology-based spin-offs expressly established to develop further and exploit intellectual property created by INESC TEC. Over the years, it has ensured the pre-incubation of new business projects or startups in a test concept, currently remaining with shareholding only in the most recent or under development spin-offs.

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INESC TEC provides an electronic platform for reporting infringements or irregular conduct in three areas: Ethics, Harassment, and Corruption and Breaches of EU Law. The Reporting Channel is implemented on a secure platform. For anonymous reports you may want to use a new incognito window in the Tor browser.

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